Why you need balls of steel to operate a Tor exit node

[Wesley Kenzie]

>
> --- On Wed, 9/9/09, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
>
> Perhaps this should be reason enough TO run a tor node?  Not for
> Burma/Iran... but for those of us in the "first world" who are threatened by
> police states ourselves?  It sometimes takes an unfortunate rude awakening
> to realize this, but unfortunately there are no real limits to the police in
> any country.
>
> [snip]
>
> Run a node for yourself, for the society you live in (it needs it), not
> just for those far off in "oppressive regimes".  There is plenty of
> oppression to go around locally.  If they come for you, remember what it
> feels like to be innocent (assuming that you are); remember that when they
> come for your neighbor (don't assume innocence or guilt, but consider both),
> and consider lending your neighbor a helping or comforting hand,
>
> -Martin
>

Go Martin! Great post. Thank you.

Wesley
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